Manifolding sales book



0d. 8, 1929. E, K, BOTTLE 1,730,353

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK Filed May 25, 1922 INVENTOR 9 Emir/16.07%

ATTORNEY Patented st. 8, 1929 earner sane EDVARD KIRBY BOTTLE, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 AIVIERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO Application filed May 23,

provision of a practical and convenient manifolding book adapted for making five or more records at one writing and admitting of the ready temporary storage in the book of one set of record leaves and the subsequent con-' venient removal from the book of the stored set,1 in pad form, and the substitution of other pat s.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter. V

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of the specification and wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views,

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view of a manifolding book embodying the invention; 1

Fig. 2 illustrates a modified form of book;

and

Fig. 3 illustrates a detail, in section.

Referring now more specifically to the drawing and particularly to Fig. 1 thereof, the numeral 1 indicates a pad composed of sets of record leaves only one set of leaves being separately illustrated. These leaves should be made of paper of such character that when superposed one upon another with the interposition of transfer material, a writing made upon an upper leaf will be transferred to underlying leaves. In the embodiment now referred to the paper is relatively opaque and four opaque direct copies are made at one writing. Itwill be understood, however, that transparent material, as tissue paper, may be employed.

The pad 1 is composed of a plurality of superposed record sheets bound'together at one end by the staples 2. As all of these sheets are alike the description of one will sufiice. One of these sheets is shown in an MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK 1922. Serial No. 562,356.

open condition in Fi 1 and is composed of the four leaves 3, 4, 5 and 6, the leaves 3, 5 and 6 being of substantially the same length and width, the leaf 4 having an extended or stub portion 7 for binding purposes, and being weakened along the line 8 in order that it may be readily torn from the stub portion.

Each of the record sheets is formed from a strip which is first folded along the line 9 to provide a folded record sheet of two plies. Thereupon this folded sheet is again folded intermediate its ends on a line parallel with the line 9, that is, between the folded end 9 and. the end constituting the free ends of the original sheet, as generally indicated at 10, so as to provide the four relatively superposed record leaves 3, 4, 5 and 6 above referred to. To the underface of the original leaf 3 is pasted a supplemental, preferably transparent, record leaf 11, the pasted area being indicated by the shading at 12, this area being at one side of the folding line 9. The supplemental leaf 11 lies in superposed relation to the original leaf 3 and when the book is set for operation as illustrated in Fig. 1, this supplemental leaf is in superposed relation to the four leaves 3, 4, 5 and 6. V

The numeral 13 indicates a backing which may be of pasteboard or other stiff substantial material, and the bound end of the pad is removably held to the backing 13 by a clamp comprising the metal jaws 14 and 15 hinged on an axis 16 and pressed toward each other by springs 17 The lower jaw of the clamp may be riveted or otherwise efliciently fastened to the backing 13. The numeral 18 in dicates a support leaf, also of stiff material, as pasteboard or metal, this support being "as r hinged or otherwise flexibly connected to the supplemental record pad. These leaves are adapted to work into and out of superposed relation to the record leaves of the pad 1 on an axis at an angle to the folding lines of the record sheets of the pad 1. To this end the support leaf 18 is provided with a clip or a gripper, comprising the two jaws 23 and 24; upstanding from the support leaf 18 and being opened at one or the other or both ends for the reception of the bound end of the supplemental pad of tissue leaves. The bound end of this supplemental pad may be inserted between theja-ws 23 and 2a and moved into any operative position desired relative to the pad 1.

In the present embodiment the transfer ma terial which is adapted to transfer inscription from one to another of the superposed record leaves, includes the transfer leaves 25 and 26. These leaves may be bound with the record leaves of the pad 1 and they work from the bound end of the pad into superposed relation with each other and with the record leaves of theuppermost set of four record leaves comiprised in each record sheet of the pad 1. One of the transfer leaves, in the present embodiment the lower transfer leaf 25, is of suflicient length to extend across the fold line 10, this fold line being consequent from folding the two ply folded sheet into the four ply sheet, as illustrated in Fig. 1. In this wise it will be noted that the transfer leaf 25 is adapted to lie on the record leaf 4 and beneath the record leaf 3, the transfer leaf 25 being'folded on the line 27 which is parallel to the fold line 10. The other, the upper transfer leaf 26, is of a length to lie between the fold consequent from folding the two-ply sheet into the four-ply sheet, i. e. in consequence of the intermediate folding of the uppermost record sheet of the pad 1.

It will be understood that in Fig. 1 the record sheets and the transfer leaves are il lustrated in open position, the arrangement being diagrammatic for the purpose of clearly disclosing the relative positions of the parts. In operative condition the leaves will of course be flattened out so as to provide a proper disposition of the leaves for the manifolding operation In operation the book is set as illustrated in Fig. 1, with the leaves 3, 4, 5 and 6 in superposed relation and the transfer leaf 25 lying directly on the quadruplicate leaf 4 and also directly on the duplicate leaf 5, the under face of the supplemental leaf 11 lying on the upper face of the adjacent portion of the transfer leaf 25. The transfer leaf 26 lies directly on the triplicate record leaf 6, and a leaf of the supplemental pad of leaves 21 lies directly on the transfer leaf 26. Inscription made upon the original opaque leaf 3 will be transferred direct to the opaque leaves 4, 5 and 6 and reverse to the supplemental tissue leaves 11 and 21. After inscription the backing 13 may ther manipulation of the book.

be sidewise rotated on its hinge to effect the withdrawal of the supplemental leaf 21 from manifolding position and permit the same to drop upon the support leaf 18, whereupon the backing 13 may be lowered to rest upon the inscribed tissue leaf to protect the same and maintain it out of the way during the fur- Then. the leaves 3 and 5 are thrown back (to the right, 1), the transfer leaf 26. is lifted and the leaves 5 and 6 unfolded on the line 10, whereupon the complete record sheet of leaves 3, 4, 5 and 6 may be torn from the stub along the weakened line 8. A reversal of the operation described will result in setting the book, the next successive tissue sheet 21 being placed in the prop-er manifoldingposition. above referred to While each of the transfer leaves of the present embodiment is provided with transderstood that the transfer material may. be omitted on any face from which it is not desired to secure an impression. For instance, if the supplemental leaf 11 'is omitted, as it may be when only five records at one writing are desired, the face of the transfer leaf 25, otherwise next adjacent thereto, may be free of transfer material.

From the foregoing itwill be perceived of making six records at one, writing, four of which records are direct and on opaque paper, two being in reverse on transparent, as tissue paper. When only five records are desired the supplemental'leaf 11 may be omitted as above stated, or the tissue pad 21 may be omitted and the supplemental leaf 11 retained. Fig. 2 illustrates the book, with the leaf 11, omitted.

Thus by the above described construction are accomplished among others the objects hereinbefore referred to.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely diflerent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not 'in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claim is intended to cover all of the generic andspecific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween. 7

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a manifolding book in combination, a

plurality of manifolding pads, one comprising a plurality of relatively superposed sets fer material on opposite faces, it will be un- 95 that a manifolding device is provided capable of record leaves and transfer material, each of said sets including a record sheet folded along a fold, the folded sheet being again folded intermediate its ends on a line parallel to the first mentioned fold to provide four relatively superposed record leaves, said transfer material including transfer leaves, one of which is supported at the bound end in a position to extend between the sheets formed by said first mentioned fold and of a length to extend beyond the positionof said second mentioned fold, another of which is attached to said pad in position to lie between the sheets formed by said second mentioned fold, said other pad comprising a plurality of single leaves, a support for both of said pads to which one of said pads is hingedly attached at one side and the other of said pads is removably attached at the other side beyond the free edge of said first mentioned pad, whereby said second mentioned pad is held in position to have its leaves interleaved between the sheets of the first mentioned pad.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature. EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE. 

